Month: April 2023

LEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say an explosion at a suburban Chicago petroleum plant killed one person and injured a second Tuesday morning. The Will County Sheriff’s Office says one person was confirmed dead and a second was transported to a hospital in Joliet following the explosion at  Seneca Petroleum in Lemont, Illinois. The sheriff’s

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Patch, sporting a jean jacket as she strutted down the runway, was crowned the winner of Drake University’s Beautiful Bulldog Contest. The 2-year-old English bulldog beat out 28 other contestants from six states Monday night to win the top prize, which kicks off the Drake Relays track and field competition

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Lawmakers in Hawaii may soon repeal a law dating back to the Cold War. It allows a governor or mayor to impose sweeping restrictions on press freedoms and electronic communications during a state of emergency. There are fresh concerns about the law’s constitutionality and potential misuse. Critics

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is slipping Tuesday after a torrent of companies gave mixed earnings reports for the first three months of the year. The S&P 500 was 0.9% lower in afternoon trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 159 points, or 0.5%, at 33,716, as

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Harry Belafonte, the civil rights and entertainment giant who began as a groundbreaking actor and singer and became an activist, humanitarian and conscience of the world, has died. He was 96. Belafonte died Tuesday of congestive heart failure at his New York home, his wife

By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The discovery of DNA’s double helix structure 70 years ago opened up a world of new science — and also sparked disputes over who contributed what and who deserves credit. Much of the controversy comes from a central idea: that James Watson and Francis Crick

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Dancer Michael Flatley and actor Joseph Sikora credit the lessons they learned from boxing for their success in the entertainment world. Both competed in the Chicago Golden Gloves event when they were younger. The event is marking its 100th anniversary this year. Flatley considered turning pro

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A defense attorney says prosecutors used former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio as a scapegoat for Donald Trump after the former president’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. One of Tarrio’s lawyers, Nayib Hassan, made that argument on Tuesday at the close of a landmark trial for